While mind control used to be the stuff of bad sci-fi nightmares, today its a reality. Researchers said they have been able to control the minds of living animals by tweaking the activity of their brain cells. Using a specialized microscope to tweak activity of brain circuits, they were able to control the behavior of mice, leading to hopes that they could one day selectively stimulate cells in the brain, like hitting keys on a piano.
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley combined cutting-edge techniques to develop a tool which can zoom in on a patch of brain cells (pictured) and alter their activity using laser light. By targeting a specific area of just a few thousand cells with the tool, they were able to change the electrical signals passed between them, so altering the activity of the animal's brain circuitry.
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